Connection for water distribution.



B. F. SHAPRO. CONNECTION FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 31, 1911.

1,Q4-L() ,039; Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

BENJ'AMIN F. SHAPBO, OF SAN FRANCISCOQCALIFORNIA.

CONNECTION FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1,1912.

Application filed August 31, 1911. 'Serial m. 646,961.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it'known' that I, BENJAMIN F. SHAPno,

a citizen of the United States, and resident"- of San Francisco, in thecounty of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Connections for Water Distribution ofwhich-the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide.

improved means for readily attaching .Water conveying devices to faucetsand analogous water supply' fittings, my invention being particularlyapplicable for connecting to the'fau'cet a casing or head used for'theflow of water to produce exhaust in a hose used in vacuum cleaners.

My invention comprises novel details of improvement and" combinations ofparts that willbe more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

Figure 1 1s a side view illustrating my improvements applied to afaucet; Fig. 2 is a plan view of my improvements detached from tefaucet; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3, in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a.view similar to Fig. 3 showing provision for applying my improvementsupon the outlet of a faucet that is smaller than that shown in Fig. 3.

.Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

My improved connection comprises 'a base plate 1 from which rises acurved'wall 1 to which is hinged at 2 a curved clamping member 3, whichwhen cllgsed overlies portion 1 of'base 1 that is lcated on the sideopposite wall 1*. The clamping member 3 is adapted to be detachably heldat its free end to the wall 1, for which purpose I have shown a screw 5pivoted at 6 upon the end of wall 1 opposite the pivot 'or hinge 2, thescrew 5 being adapted to pass through a slot 7 in the end of theswinging clamping member 3, nut 8 on screw 5 serving to hold theclamping member 3 closedin connection with Wall 1 lar projection 1 shownprovided with threads 1 to receive a coupling nut 9 rotatively mountedin a wellknown manner upon the upper end of head or casing 10,

whereby the latter may be readily attached From base 1 extends a tubu--hose connected with the threaded extension 10* as water flows through'said head or casing in a wellknown manner.

Atll is a ring or hose section of flexible material, preferably rubberhose, adapt-ed to fit between the clamping members 1 and 3,

andto receive the end of faucet 12, whereby myimproved connection may bereadily secured upon the end of the faucet and as readily removed. Ihave shown an annular hub 1 rising from base 1 and slightly tapered onits exterior to enter ring or hose section 11, the extreme end of thering or hose 11 being cut smooth to fit against base 1 whereby the ringor hose section is clamped upon the end of the faucet by the clampingmembers 1 and 3, and a Water-tight connection may be made.

In order that my improved connection may be readily applied to faucetsof varying sizes, I provide an inner ring or hose section 14 adapted tofit snugly within ring or hose 7 section 11, and to receive the end offaucet 12, as in Fig. 4. I have also shown an annular boss 1 extendinginwardly from the hub 1 and adapted to fit within the smaller ring orhose section 14, the adjacent end of theboss fitting against the smoothouter end of hub .1 WVhen the parts are assembled, as in Fig. 4, and theclamping members 1 and 3 are screwed together tightly, the ring or hosesections 11 and 14 will be compressed together, and the inner ring orhose section 14 will clamp tightly-on the faucet and on the boss '1.This arrangement permits the user to apply the connection to the largerfaucet 12 by removing the inner ring or hose section 14, or to applytheconnection to the smaller faucet 12 by utilizing the inner ring or hosesection 14, as may be required. By means of my improvements the head orcasing.10 may be readily applied to and re. moved from a faucet that isnot provided with threads at its ends to receive a screw threadedcoupling, a tight fitting of the connection upon a faucet being readilyefi'ected, and the connection may be readily appliedto the faucet andremoved therefrom.

While I have described my improvements as applicable for connecting thehead or casing 10 with the faucet, it will be understood that a hose maybe connected with the threaded extension 1, whereby ready.c0nnection ofthe hose with the faucet may be made.

-Having now described my invention what with a wall on one side, and atubular projection on the opposite side, a clamping member hinged .atone end to the wall an adapted to passover the base, means fordetachably clamping said wall and clamping member together, said basehaving a laterally projecting hub between the wall and clamping member,and a tubular resilient ring receiving said hub and, fitted between saidwall and clam ing member.

2. The combination of a base provided with a'wall on one side, and atubular projection on the opposite side, a clamping member hinged at oneend to thewall and adapted to pass over the base, means for deprovidedwith a at inner end and having 9."

boss of less diameter than the hub projecting laterally therefrom, and aflexible ring fitted within the outer ring and receiving said boss, saidhub and boss being between the wall and clamping member.

Si ed at New York city, in the count of ew York, and State of New York,the 30 day of Au%1st, A. D. 1911.

, ENJAMIN F. SHAPRO.

' Witnesses:

Max M. KOTZEN, T. F. Bowman.

